Cross Country

Ellis Brook is a small property, yet it offers a variety of cross country jumps including ditches, a heli-pad, a sunken road, a coffin, a ski jump, banks and many other jumps for cross country schooling.

Eventing was Wendy’s favourite discipline earlier in her riding career, she evented all over the Great Southern in WA, as well as at Harvey and Brigadoon. She enjoyed places and wins on a variety of horses, her most successful horse being Karri Park Huntsman.

Training for better cross country skills should follow the same principle as all good equestrian training, to quote the best German equestrians, ‘Make haste slowly.’ When teaching cross country, she works on developing the rhythm, balance and impulsion in horses so they can build more and more strength and confidence at successive competitions.